Baron Crook, of
Carshalton
Carshalton ( ) is a town, with a historic village centre, in south London, England, within the London Borough of Sutton. It is situated around southwest of Charing Cross and around east by north of Sutton town centre, in the valley of the Rive ...
in the
County of Surrey
Surrey () is a ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Greater London to the northeast, Kent to the east, East and West Sussex to the south, and Hampshire and Berkshire to the west. The largest settlement is Woking.
The cou ...
, is a title in the
Peerage of the United Kingdom
The Peerage of the United Kingdom is one of the five peerages in the United Kingdom. It comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Acts of Union in 1801, when it replaced the Peerage of Great B ...
.
It was created on 3 July 1947 for
Reginald Crook, later Chairman of the
National Dock Labour Board
The National Dock Labour Board (NDLB), which administered the National Dock Labour Scheme, was an administrative board for the operation of British docks.
Creation of National Dock Labour Board
In 1947, Parliament introduced the "Dock Workers’ ...
. the title is held by his grandson, the third Baron, who succeeded his father in 2001.
Barons Crook (1947)
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Reginald Douglas Crook, 1st Baron Crook (1901–1989)
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Douglas Edwin Crook, 2nd Baron Crook (1926–2001)
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Robert Douglas Edwin Crook, 3rd Baron Crook (b. 1955)
The
heir apparent
An heir apparent is a person who is first in the order of succession and cannot be displaced from inheriting by the birth of another person. A person who is first in the current order of succession but could be displaced by the birth of a more e ...
is the present holder's son Hon. Matthew Robert Crook (b. 1990)
Arms
References
*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
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Baronies in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Noble titles created in 1947